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3 days ago · Asia ( / ˈeɪʒə / ⓘ AY-zhə, UK also / ˈeɪʃə / AY-shə) is the largest continent [note 1] [10] [11] in the world by both land area and population. [11] It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometers, [note 2] about 30% of Earth 's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area.
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2 days ago · Asia. Asia, the world’s largest and most diverse continent. It occupies the eastern four-fifths of the giant Eurasian landmass. Asia is more a geographic term than a homogeneous continent, and the use of the term to describe such a vast area always carries the potential of obscuring the enormous diversity among the regions it encompasses.
2 days ago · South Asia is home to one of the world’s earliest known civilizations, the Indus civilization, and today is one of the most densely populated regions on the planet.. Despite a history of ethnic, linguistic, and political fragmentation, the people of the subregion are unified by a common cultural and ethical outlook; a wealth of ancient textual literature in Sanskrit, Prākrit, and regional ...
5 days ago · Southeast Asia, vast region of Asia situated east of the Indian subcontinent and south of China. It consists of two dissimilar portions: a continental projection (commonly called mainland Southeast Asia) and a string of archipelagoes to the south and east of the mainland (insular Southeast Asia). Extending some 700 miles (1,100 km) southward ...
3 days ago · In business and economics, "East Asia" is sometimes used to refer to the geographical area covering ten Southeast Asian countries in ASEAN, Greater China, Japan and Korea. However, in this context, the term "Far East" is used by the Europeans to cover ASEAN countries and the countries in East Asia. However, being a Eurocentric term, Far East ...
- Dōngyǎ/Dōngyà or Dōng Yǎxìyǎ/Dōng Yàxìyà
- 11,840,000 km² (4,570,000 sq mi) (3rd)
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- East Asian
5 days ago · Asia Asia. Asia. Subscribe to NPR's Up First Email; President Biden makes his way to Air Force One after posing with highway patrol troopers in Mountain View, Calif. on May 10.
5 days ago · Asia’s next war could be triggered by a rusting warship on a disputed reef. China claims the vast majority of the South China Sea and has ramped up efforts to prevent the Philippines from ...
